AUSTIN, Texas— Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has entered into two new hard mineral leases for rare earth minerals with El Paso Minerals Corp. (EPM) covering more than 1,000 acres in Hudspeth County. The agreements build upon the nationally significant Round Top project and mark…

By William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden and Kirsten Berg September 22, 2026, 5:00 am Listen 40:17 ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.   In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into…

By Sofia Resnick, Stateline September 22, 2026 If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. The mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial earlier this month places her future in doubt, three years after she…

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat Sep 21, 2026 at 7:09pm EDT Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Update, Sept. 21,…

By Zach Leggio, The Texas Tribune September 21, 2026 State Rep. Vikki Goodwin, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, has filed a police report accusing Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick of violating Texas law after his campaign released two ads featuring AI-generated videos of Goodwin. The videos have since been deleted from Patrick’s X account.…

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune September 22, 2026 State Rep. James Talarico sat at the end of a long table in May 2021 and pleaded with his colleagues on the Texas House Public Education Committee. He wanted them to vote down a Republican bill prohibiting transgender student-athletes from competing on sports teams aligned with…

By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune September 21, 2026 From the Mexican restaurant where he works in North Austin, Juan Perez has seen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain more and more people in the area. That includes construction workers, stopping at the gas station or the Dollar Tree for ice before their work…

By Uriel J. García, Alejandra Martinez, Alejandro Santos Cid, Alex Nguyen and Alex Ford, The Texas Tribune September 22, 2026 President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025 with a signature promise: the largest mass deportation effort by the federal government in U.S. history. He said his administration would target the “worst…

View as a webpage  /  Share (Washington, D.C., September 21, 2026) – Today, Secretary Brooke L. Rollins, U.S. Department of Agriculture, held a Strikeforce roundtable with federal agency partners where she announced actions to usher in a new era of companion animal oversight under the leadership of the Trump Administration. Partners at the Department of…

  View as a webpage Veterans Health Care September 21, 2026 A therapy dog is helping Veterans feel at ease during visits Her name is Honey. She is a therapy dog at the West Palm Beach VA, helping Veterans connect with the care they need and providing comfort when they need it most. Read full…